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Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove, Nigeria.

A devotee of Oshun, carved wood kneeling female figure. Yoruba people, Nigeria, early 20th century. Honolulu Museum of Art

Oshun statue, Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove, Nigeria.

A pirate ship being careened, that is when a ship is beached and its hull scraped clean of marine encrustations and repaired. From the TV series Black Sails. ©2014 Starz Entertainment

This map reflects Christopher Columbus’s (c. 1451-1506) geographical assumptions prior to his first Atlantic voyage in 1492, undertaken during the reign of the Catholic Monarchs Ferdinand II of Aragon (reign 1479-1516) and Isabella I of Castile...

A late-19th century cigarette card showing the British pirate Captain Samuel Bellamy (d. 1717). Bellamy died when his ship the Whydah was wrecked in a storm off Cape Cod. Produced by Allen & Ginter. Lithographer: George S. Harris & Sons...

A quantity of silver pieces of eight taken from the Whydah shipwreck. The ship was captained by the pirate Samuel Bellamy, aka ‘Black Sam’ Bellamy, who died in the wreck off Cape Cod in 1717. The wreck was re-discovered in 1984. (Image taken...

A reproduction treasure chest.

Reenactors of Legio XXI Rapax. Photo by Tomasz Przywecki, 2018.

Bone/antler comb from Björkö, Adelsö, Uppland, Sweden. The Swedish History Museum, Stockholm.